Notes on compiling glibc for the standard MySQL binary: - make sure you have gcc 2.95 and gmake 3.79 or newer - wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.2.5.tar.gz - wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.5.tar.gz - tar zxvf glibc-2.2.5.tar.gz ; cd glibc-2.2.5 ; tar zxvf ../glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.5.tar.gz - patch -p1 < ~/bk/mysql/Docs/glibc-2.2.5.patch - ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql-glibc --enable-static-nss \ --disable-shared --enable-add-ons=linuxthreads --target=i386 \ --host=i386-pc-linux-gnu - make - possible problems - if compiler is not properly installed, one can get "cpp: too many input" files error - easiest way to solve - SUSE RPM for gcc 2.95 - surun make install - To build the binaries, run Build-tools/Do-linux-build